Christopher McClelland weds Christie Pennington

The McClelland clan gathered in Utah from all over the US for Chris and Christie's marriage on July 11th.

We had a bit of a family reunion as Dan, Sara, Big Chris, Charles, and Mary Anne flew in from the DC area; Matt, Em and kids drove from Bend, OR; and Eddie, Andrea and Thomas flew from Columbus, OH (Chris and Dave were already in Provo). The married folks all stayed at Mary Anne's parents' house in Springville, UT and the single guys all stayed at Chris and Dave's apartment in Provo. Mary Anne's sisters, Bonnie and Kathleen also came to provide moral support and photography. Our highly unscientific summer air travel poll showed that those who flew Southwest or American through DFW did OK, but there were lots of delays for those who took United through ORD (though sister Kathleen got 2 free tickets for her troubles).

Brunch on July 11, 2008
The wedding festivities began with a brunch at Maglebys.

Mom and Dad Henderson with Charles, Mary Anne, and Chris

Christie

Chris and Sara

Dave, Dan, and Mark III

Kathleen, Amanda, and Linda

Megan Duckworth (Christie's Aunt), Randy and Tandy Pennington (Christie's Aunt and Uncle), Emily and Matt

Wedding at the Jordan River Temple, July 11, 2008

Chris and Christie were married in the Jordan River temple later that day. Pennington/Richards family members.


McClelland family members



Eddie, Andrea, and Thomas (top); Dave and Elisabeth (center); Chris and Annabelle (bottom) at the temple.

The Red Heads Club

"Hey, my hair is sort of red," says Thomas to father, Eddie

Reception on July 12, 2008
On July 12th, a reception was held at the McCune Mansion in Salt Lake.

Chris and Christie with Christie's family: Eric, Tessa, Chris, Christie, Garnet, and Roger.

Matt and Emily with children Elizabeth, Ben, Jacob, and Annabelle

Chris and Sara and ?

Chris and Christie with Chris' siblings: Dave, Matt, Sara, Eddie, and Dan

Andrea and Thomas

Waiting for the festivities to begin

The beautiful bride in her gorgeous dress

Chris contemplates the wedding cake in the ballroom

Big Chris, Sara, Andrea, Eddie, Dan, and Emily enjoying the reception buffet.

Sara captures Annabelle and Ben's dance form

Elisabeth and Dan

Post wedding cake cutting kiss

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Last Trip to Minnesota

Matt has finished his residency! so we headed to Minnesota one last time for "graduation" and to help with the kids as the family prepared to move to Bend, OR. Congratulations, Matt.

Unless one of our other children decides they like cold winters or we have a connecting flight through MSP, we don't expect to return to Minnesota. It's been fun visiting the twin cities, but are glad that Matt's medical training is complete and the family won't have to endure another interminable winter. We had fun, as usual, with Annabelle, Ben, Jacob, and Elisabeth, keeping them occupied while Mom and Dad did all the moving stuff. Here's the last breakfast in the old house.

Grandpa's first (and last) trip to the Mall of America.


Fun at the Como Zoo.

One last hike around Shultz Lake.


"Honey, I shrunk the kids!" Not really, we just found a really big chair in front of the place where Matt and Emily were attending the settlement on the sale of their home on the way out of town.

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